roffey Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 It was a last minute decision to hit the water today. I called a friend to see if he was keen, he was so the golf game was cancelled. Arrived at the ramp at 6.00 and headed straight to the bait grounds. We found the squid action a little slow, hit Balmoral for yakkas and before you knew it the tank was full with 20 or so. Decided not to search for more squid as we had to be off the water by 11, anyway we had some frozen from a trip a couple of week’s ago. First we went to Quarantine to try for some hoodlums; all we were able to catch was a couple of rats at 55+. We were fishing with squid strips and yakkas. The squid won the first round. Decided to head to the wedding cake to see if I was able to repeat last Wednesday’s session with AO 7474. Sounded around to see if the fish were holding up in numbers, they seemed to be spread out as the bait had separated into a couple of schools. With the downriggers in place we started, we both had a yakka on. The fish were showing up on the sounder but seemed a little shy to our offerings. I changed to a nice squid strip when Paolo’s yakka is smashed. A nice fight later and a 62cm landed. As Paolo was resetting his bait onto the downrigger my squid bait took of, I landed a fat 66cm model. Decided to give the red marker a try (the old wedding cake). There was not much bait holding in the area although we sounded up some large fish in the depths. We dropped our baits for nothing. Headed back to the wedding cake and on the way back both of our baits get smashed by unstoppable fish. We landed 3 more at at the wedding cake with the largest eing 61cm. I wasn’t able to repeat last Wednesday’s efforts but a fantastic morning on the water and nothing beats fresh Kingies. By the way squid won the day. Beats working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Well done on the Kings there rof, sounds like a good day on the Harbour. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Well done mate, sounds like a nice little session although no bigguns were landed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr liaison Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 nice kings there guys, how good is the fishing going to be in the coming years they are plentifull now oooooohhhh they are going to grow,iiiiiiiiii cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Nice report there Rof. When you say unstoppable fish, do you think they were Kings? Maybe you need to step up to slightly heavier line and put the hurt on some more? Well done anyway mate beats working. Cheers Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roffey Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Sydney sure is fishing well and I look forward to future seasons. Earlier this year I dropped a monster at about 1 metre and I have now dedicated my life to beating my PB of 94cm. I am thinking of rigging my boat with internet, phone and computer as I am sure that I can run my business while I have a fishing rod in my hand. Today I fished with 80 pound braid and 80 pound leader, the fish that smashed me had to be a shark (maybe a large king)!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 (edited) Phone and computer on my boat. What an excelent idea,I shoulda thought of that. But Nah! I'd get no work done and go broke. penguin Edited March 15, 2007 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AO7474 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 right bait and rightmate equals eight...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roffey Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 right bait and rightmate equals eight...... Lets set a challenge to catch as many as you know who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I am thinking of rigging my boat with internet, phone and computer as I am sure that I can run my business while I have a fishing rod in my hand. Don't even think about it, clients can smell a good time a mile away....They hate it!!! Robbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 It was a last minute decision to hit the water today. I called a friend to see if he was keen, he was so the golf game was cancelled. Arrived at the ramp at 6.00 and headed straight to the bait grounds. We found the squid action a little slow, hit Balmoral for yakkas and before you knew it the tank was full with 20 or so. Decided not to search for more squid as we had to be off the water by 11, anyway we had some frozen from a trip a couple of week’s ago. First we went to Quarantine to try for some hoodlums; all we were able to catch was a couple of rats at 55+. We were fishing with squid strips and yakkas. The squid won the first round. Decided to head to the wedding cake to see if I was able to repeat last Wednesday’s session with AO 7474. Sounded around to see if the fish were holding up in numbers, they seemed to be spread out as the bait had separated into a couple of schools. With the downriggers in place we started, we both had a yakka on. The fish were showing up on the sounder but seemed a little shy to our offerings. I changed to a nice squid strip when Paolo’s yakka is smashed. A nice fight later and a 62cm landed. As Paolo was resetting his bait onto the downrigger my squid bait took of, I landed a fat 66cm model. Decided to give the red marker a try (the old wedding cake). There was not much bait holding in the area although we sounded up some large fish in the depths. We dropped our baits for nothing. Headed back to the wedding cake and on the way back both of our baits get smashed by unstoppable fish. We landed 3 more at at the wedding cake with the largest eing 61cm. I wasn’t able to repeat last Wednesday’s efforts but a fantastic morning on the water and nothing beats fresh Kingies. By the way squid won the day. Beats working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well done rof, beats workin and what a beautiful day to be out on our great harbour. tight lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AO7474 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Lets set a challenge to catch as many as you know who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know who......... in the you know what................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lets go fishn Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 orley orley orley. whats with this secretive jargon? step it up mate and get yourself a 1metre model. your stella is dying for a fish ps if you need any squiding help let us know im always willing, especially now that you have bought yourself a fishing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AO7474 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 orley orley orley. whats with this secretive jargon? step it up mate and get yourself a 1metre model. your stella is dying for a fish ps if you need any squiding help let us know im always willing, especially now that you have bought yourself a fishing boat TASO TASO TASO GET YOURSELF YOUR OWN LOGIN. NEW BOAT COMING IN 4-5 WEEKS. QUICK QUESTION, WHY DO YOU ONLY CATCH FISH WHEN I PUT YOU ONTO THEM????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 not a bad session there you had. well done on the kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lets go fishn Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 TASO TASO TASO GET YOURSELF YOUR OWN LOGIN. NEW BOAT COMING IN 4-5 WEEKS. QUICK QUESTION, WHY DO YOU ONLY CATCH FISH WHEN I PUT YOU ONTO THEM????? yellowfin tuna great fish kingies awesome, but orley orley orley we both know what fish it takes for me to acknowledge a catch of a lifetime. when your ready ill get you the holy grail of fishing. by the way why am i the only one to get the fish on your boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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